Category Archives: Local News

Salem Police have arrested 47-year-old Joseph Rodgers of East McMackin Street in Salem for alleged domestic battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. 24-year-old Delexia Akes of North Maple in ...

A 37-year-old homeless Centralia man has been charged in Clinton County Court with six sex offenses for allegedly having sex with an underage girl at a home he had been allowed to stay for the past we...

Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps reports all three people who tried to flee a burglary in progress at a home on Bernard Road in rural Centralia have now been arrested. Those taken into custody are 4...

The Odin Health and Rehabilitation Center is hosting a "Fireworks and Friends" event Friday night. Activity begins at seven with free popcorn, cookies, and light refreshments. The fireworks will be se...

The Salem Grade School Board Thursday night approved a five year extension of the school resource officer program. Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe says the contract with the City of Salem Police Depar...

Five men from Mississippi were sentenced in southern Illinois federal court after admitting to using spotlights to illegally hunt white-tailed deer in Massac, Jefferson, Union, Pope and Clark counties...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today nonfarm payrolls totals reached a record high in June, increasing over-the-month up +9,400 to 6,175,200. June's record payroll job...

Centralia City Firemen say a fire burned the corner of the home from the ground to the attic early Thursday night. The fire was at a home owned by Keith Brown and occupied by Kenyatta and Caroline Har...

A lightning strike hit a Salem home during the thunderstorm activity late Thursday afternoon. The lightning hit the siding on the south side of the Doug Huff home at 825 North Broadway in Salem. It ch...

Salem Police say no one required hospitalization following a two vehicle crash early Friday morning at West Main and Missouri Avenue. Reports indicate a pickup driven by 44-year-old Jose Tey Cusanero ...